# The Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations 2017, Paragraph 5: Living in other accommodation during essential repairs


Where the claimant—
(a) has been required to move into temporary accommodation by reason of essential repairs being carried out to the accommodation which the claimant occupies as the claimant’s home (“the home accommodation”); and
(b) is liable to make owner-occupier payments in respect of either (but not both) the home accommodation or the temporary accommodation,
the claimant shall be treated as occupying as the claimant’s home the accommodation in respect of which the claimant is liable to make those payments.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/725/schedule/3/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/loans-for-mortgage-interest-regulations-2017/schedule-3/paragraph-5
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